The BEST episodes written by Denne Bart Petitclerc

The Night of Jack O'Diamonds
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8.57
68 votes

#1 - The Night of Jack O'Diamonds

The Wild Wild West - Season 3 - Episode 5

James and Artemus arrive in Mexico with a present for the Mexican president: a beautiful Arabian horse. Within minutes of their arrival, however, the horse is stolen by a group of outlaw bandits. Our heroes must battle the hot Mexican desert to get the horse back before the outlaw Mexican army beats them to it.

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The Deadly Ones
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7.67
16 votes

#2 - The Deadly Ones

Bonanza - Season 4 - Episode 10

The Ponderosa becomes a war zone when it is invaded by a detachment of Mexican mercenaries under General Diaz. The general is furious when one of his men, Forsythe, disobeys his orders to get a hostage peacefully, and instead shoots Little Joe in the back. Diaz forces Ben to lead his men over the back roads of the Ponderosa, so they can ambush a gold train led by Emperor Maximilian's men.

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The Gift
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7.13
14 votes

#3 - The Gift

Bonanza - Season 2 - Episode 27

While crossing the desert to Yuma, Arizona with a white stallion intended as a birthday present for Ben, Joe runs into a pack of merciless comancheros. His companion, a former comanchero, Emiliano, who raised the horse, must get he and Joe through safely.

Destination Tucson (1)
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7.00
24 votes

#4 - Destination Tucson (1)

The High Chaparral - Season 1 - Episode 1

This pilot launches the saga of the Cannon family as they fight to establish a ranch in the Arizona territory of the 1870s. Marauding Apaches led by Cochise are on the warpath. The Army orders the Cannon family to move on, but Big John Cannon won't budge. While his brother Buck rides off to recruit gun-carrying cowhands, Big John learns of another enemy: a Mexican land baron claims the Cannon property, and dispatches his men to seize the cattle.

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The Storm
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6.91
9 votes

#5 - The Storm

Bonanza - Season 3 - Episode 19

Joe plans to marry Laura White, daughter of a man Ben once sailed with, but she is fatally ill. Ben consoles him with words spoken years before, by the father of Adam's mother.

My Son, My Son
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6.70
8 votes

#6 - My Son, My Son

Bonanza - Season 5 - Episode 16

Ben's plans to marry Katherine Saunders are upset when her son Eden is accused of killing his former girlfriend.